Our Part of 3450

This was originally posted on 2 January when casualties crossed the 3000 mark. Every time the Kansas City area suffers the loss of one of our own, this post will be updated with that troops name at the top of the list, and it will return to the top of the page and remain there until that American is laid to rest, like a flag lowered to half-staff. That you are reading this means we have lost another.

The following is a list of the names of the Iraq war casualties from the Kansas City Metro area. All of their names can be found at The New York Times Faces of the Dead and at the Kansas City Star Memorial Page.

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Benjamin J. Ashley, 22
Independence, MO
United States Army
24 May 2007

Shannon V. Weaver, 28
Urich, MO
United States Army
21 May 2007

Shawn P. Rankinen
Independence, MO
United States Army
07 March 2007

Ian Anderson, 22
Prairie Village, KS
United States Army
15 January 2007

David M. Unger, 21
Leavenworth, KS
United States Army
17 October 2006

Shane R. Austin, 19
Edgerton, KS
United States Army
08 October 2006

Christopher Walsh, 30
Shawnee, KS/St. Louis, MO
United States Navy (Corpsman)
04 September 2006

Kevin L. Ziegler, 31
Overland Park, KS
United States Army
12 August 2006

Anthony M. Mazzarella, 22
Blue Springs, MO
United States Army
05 July 2005

Charles T. Wilkerson, 30
Kansas City, MO
United States Army
22 May 2005

Colby M. Farnan, 22
Weston, MO
United States Army
25 February 2005

Christopher B. Johnson, 29
Excelsior Springs, MO
United States Army
16 October 2004

Lucas A. Frantz, 22
Tonganoxie, KS
United States Army
08 July 2004

Christopher B. Wasser, 21
Ottawa, KS
United States Marine Corps
08 April 2004

Joseph L. Lister, 22
Pleasanton, KS
United States Army
20 November 2003

Joel L. Bertoldie, 20
Independence, MO
United States Army
18 July 2003

Jeremiah D. Smith, 25
Independence, MO
United States Army
25 May 2003

Jacob L. Butler, 24
Wellesville, KS
United States Army
01 April 2003

Donald R. Walters, 33
Kansas City, MO
United States Army
23 March 2003

Nicolas M. Hodson, 22
Smithville, MO
United States Army
22 March 2003

The question, to my mind, in terms of this notion that we should have gone on and occupied Iraq is how many additional American casualties would we have had to suffer? How many additional American lives is Saddam Hussein worth? And the answer I would give is not very damn many. --Dick Cheney, 1992